Hello Caitlyn et al, I read your message very carefully.
Currently, I have several G Mail iMap accounts that I access with Apple Mail. I have no problems at all in deleting messages from any of them; I have re-installed Lion several times since its release without having ever experienced the problem you and others are currently reporting. When I wish to delete a message from either a conversation or the delete the entire thread, in Standard view, I simply press the BackSpace key on the keyboard. Now, before exiting Mail, I use the key combo Command+Shift+Backspace in order to empty the messages currently marked for deletion. I answer yes, in the confirmation Dialog box and they are permanently deleted. Now you may be saying, "Yes, Mark, I do this as well yet it does not work." To which I will reply, I understand. The problem is that there is a setting that must be configured from within your G Mail account, itself, on the web to enable the client to have access in order to permanently delete the mail. It's been a while since I set this up but, go to your G Mail web account. Somewhere in the Options, you will see something that reads like "Delete Messages Immediately". This will be unchecked. You must place a checkmark in this option. Then, if all goes well and "the water don't rise," as the saying goes (smile) you should be in business. While you're in that area of your G Mail account, review all of the message options in case I am, most likely, forgetting something else. One more thing, I have my G Mail account setup so that, when using either Apple Mail or Microsoft Outlook, I can quickly and easily undelete any message marked for deletion (before the purge), by using key-combo Command+Z on the Mac or Control+Z in Windows 7. If you would like to know how to configure this for your G Mail account, check out episode 70 of the Candle Shore podcast. Good Luck, Mark -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Caitlyn Furness Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:08 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: Caitlyn Furness Subject: mail weirdness Hi, I hope somebody has some suggestions about my mail problem. After a reinstall of Lion a couple weeks ago, I of course had to reinput my mail account. I am using my gmail account. Now,, mail isn't deleting my messages after I read them. The next time I reopen mail, the same messages are back again! In mail preferences, I have it set to delete the trash when quitting mail, and to not leave things on the server. What am I doing wrong? Before I had to reinstall Lion, my gamil account didn't act like this! thanks, Caitlyn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
